One Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-Five. Who Doesn’t Want to Win a Prize?
The pre-match preparation time is over, and the starting players of both teams come to the court.
The Grizzlies sent out Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol to start.
Tony Allen played for a long time in the first half of the season, and his health condition was average. After communicating with him, Coach Hollins planned to reduce his playing time to about 20 minutes in the second half of the season to prepare for the playoffs.
Sending Jimmy Butler to start instead of Klay Thompson, first of all, Klay Thompson needs to partner with Nash to play run-and-gun, and also the best sixth man...
Who doesn't want to win an award?
At this stage, Klay Thompson's strength is not expected to be an All-Star, the best team is even less likely, and the most improved award is hopeless. This season, Klay Thompson only missed two games due to injury, and he played 37 games as a substitute in the 42 games he played.
At present, the players with the highest voices for the best sixth man are Yao Ming of the Mavericks, Ellis of the Thunder, Wilson Chandler of the Nuggets, Louis Williams of the Hawks, Jamal Crawford of the Clippers... and Klay Thompson of the Grizzlies.
Among them, Yao Ming and Klay Thompson are the most efficient!
If there is a chance to compete, of course we must compete.
On the Thunder side, Westbrook, Sefrosa, Durant, Ibaka, and Perkins' starting lineup appeared.
Sun Ce and Perkins came to the center circle. Perkins showed a vicious expression and wanted to scare Sun Ce. He thought that he was also a high school rookie with good running and jumping ability. How could he be afraid of Sun Ce, a small guard, during the jump ball.
But Perkins, who just turned 28, has a cliff-like decline in athletic ability, mainly because of his weight. He is 208 cm tall and weighs nearly 130 kg. He is not a talented player like Randolph. Randolph's fatness affects his touch, and he can still carry the center. His mobility is not inferior to most centers in the league, but Perkins can't.
However, Perkins' fierce expression only reminded Sun Ce of his two dunks over Perkins... Griffin smashed the rim over Perkins...
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the referee did not favor anyone in the face of Randolph and Durant's entanglement. He chose a basketball with a standard amount of inflation, came to the center circle, blew the whistle to start the game, and threw the ball into the air.
Sun Ce won the jump ball steadily over Perkins' head, Paul George received the ball and pushed forward, and the Grizzlies attacked first!
Durant is very dissatisfied with Perkins now. Perkins has declined too fast. Last year, he was one of the best low-post defensive centers in the league. This year, his state has plummeted. Moreover, Perkins just renewed a two-year, 18 million contract in advance last summer, which will expire in 2015.
How good is it to give this money to Harden to let Harden stay?
Watching Perkins jump the ball, Durant felt that it would be better for him to go on the field himself.
After sticking to Sun Ce, Durant put away his distractions and defended Sun Ce well. In the last match, he did a very good job of defending Sun Ce. Although Sun Ce scored 33 points, Sun Ce's hit rate was very low, and his single defense allowed his teammates to cut off the connection between Sun Ce and other Grizzlies players.
But this time, Sun Ce did not ask Paul George for the ball when he arrived at the frontcourt. Paul George passed the ball to Randolph who was blocking Perkins in the low post to ask for the ball!
If it was Perkins last year, he was indeed one of the best inside players in defending the low post. Duncan, Gasol, and Randolph were all uncomfortable playing against him.
But this year, the Clippers defeated the Thunder by relying on Griffin's low post to turn and ravage Perkins again and again. Griffin, who was excited, even turned around and pressed Perkins to smash the ball into the basket.
Randolph is not as irritable, nor does he have the ball control and bounce like Griffin. Now he can't even compete with Griffin in mid-range shooting, but he has found his feeling in the low post. He made a single shot and easily trampled Perkins to get an offensive rebound and two points.
Watching Randolph easily get two points and retreat with his fat body shaking and drooling, the referee no longer wanted to call a technical foul on Randolph. They accepted it, and this became Randolph's signature celebration.
There were many fat fans at the scene.
Regardless of gender, age or age, they all shook their fat bodies with Randolph, but drooled... It's hard to learn.
Thunder head coach Scott Brooks didn't know how to describe his mood. He renewed his contract with Perkins for two years in advance last summer... Who would have thought that a defensive player like Perkins would collapse at the age of 27 or 28?
Losing 113 points per 100 possessions, this defense, you have to know that Perkins limited his opponents to only 98 points per 100 possessions last season! The low-post defense level is similar to that of Gasol.
When the Thunder attacked, Westbrook pushed forward and Jimmy Butler went up to consume Westbrook.
Westbrook had a very good chance to find open space for his teammates this season. He accurately judged that Perkins was likely to be left open by the Grizzlies. Westbrook pulled back a step and forced Jimmy Butler!
Jimmy Butler couldn't withstand the league's strongest straight-line acceleration ability and could only chase Westbrook into the basket. Westbrook attracted Gasol's defense and hung on the left side of the basket. Perkins received the ball and made a shot...
"Bang"
Sun Ce, who was released by Sefrosa on the left baseline, slapped the basket!
The ball was slapped on the basket by Sun Ce and bounced off. Gasol's butt was lifted to Westbrook to protect the defensive rebound and passed it to the nearest Jimmy Butler. Sun Ce adjusted his wristbands and ran to the front court amid the cheers of the fans, and almost missed the block.
Although Sun Ce received a system prompt when Westbrook grabbed the ball that Westbrook's pass target was Perkins, it was too far away. When Perkins jumped, Sun Ce's jump distance exceeded his defense range. Fortunately, Olajuwon's hand strap effect was triggered and blocked the shot.
After Jimmy Butler arrived at the frontcourt, Sun Ce came to the right mid-range, Gasol went to the right baseline, and Paul George went to the left bottom corner. The space was opened. Jimmy Butler faced Westbrook's defense. Now he couldn't play and continued to pass to Randolph who was leaning on Perkins to get the ball in the low post.
Ibaka had a tendency to shrink this time, and Randolph still decisively played alone.
Ibaka followed the route that could cut off Randolph's pass to Gasol at the bottom line and shrunk and double-teamed!
As soon as Ibaka entered the reasonable collision zone, Sun Ce immediately turned around without the ball and followed Durant to cut into the inside!
Durant did not lose his position and followed closely behind Sun Ce. When Sun Ce received the pass from Randolph and jumped up behind Ibaka for a layup, Durant stretched out his hand to cover Sun Ce's shooting space.
However, Sun Ce raised his buttocks when he jumped up, retracted his body in the air, stretched out the ball with his left hand, exerted force on his waist and abdomen, turned his head and threw the ball... hit!
Sun Ce's folding pull-up layup was successful!
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